Favorite Savatage ballad?

But what is your favorite of these?

I know some people consider Strange Wings a ballad, but I think it's a mid tempo rocker, so it wasn't included. Don't shoot me.

Alone you breathe!

When The Crowds Are Gone.

Good topic! There are so many. The first one I thought of when I saw the topic was "Stay". It's also the only one I can passably play on the guitar. But it's not listed, probably because it's a non-album track.

Out on the Streets is awesome, as is Believe, which is a masterpiece. And most of the others are great too, plus many other Jon Oliva's Pain and OLIVA tracks.

It's too hard to choose, so I went with my gut feeling of Stay and picked Other.

I've always liked Believe a lot. So that gets my vote.

I went with If I Go Away, we played that at my mother's memorial service.



But they're all good. Definitely the band that wrote the best ballads, imo.

Lari wrote:

Good topic! There are so many. The first one I thought of when I saw the topic was "Stay". It's also the only one I can passably play on the guitar. But it's not listed, probably because it's a non-album track.

Out on the Streets is awesome, as is Believe, which is a masterpiece. And most of the others are great too, plus many other Jon Oliva's Pain and OLIVA tracks.

It's too hard to choose, so I went with my gut feeling of Stay and picked Other.

I'm not an expert on the post- Criss albums, bro.

Excellent song though.

I know the the records with Criss on them much better.

Big Rich wrote:

I went with If I Go Away, we played that at my mother's memorial service.



But they're all good. Definitely the band that wrote the best ballads, imo.

Lari wrote:

Good topic! There are so many. The first one I thought of when I saw the topic was "Stay". It's also the only one I can passably play on the guitar. But it's not listed, probably because it's a non-album track.

Out on the Streets is awesome, as is Believe, which is a masterpiece. And most of the others are great too, plus many other Jon Oliva's Pain and OLIVA tracks.

It's too hard to choose, so I went with my gut feeling of Stay and picked Other.

I'm not an expert on the post- Criss albums, bro.

Excellent song though.

I know the the records with Criss on them much better.

I'm not sure exactly when Stay was recorded, but it's on my copy of Hall of the Mountain King, and it's written by Criss. I think it must have been a part of the Streets sessions.

Wasn't saying it's not a Criss song, don't know much about it but definitely not on my version of Hall
It's a bonus track on my Wake of Magellan.

I have "This Is Where You Should Be" on my Magellan. That one is also a great power ballad.

I went with Sleep, which actually used to get a good bit of radio play around here.

Toss up between "Believe" and "All That I Bleed"

When the Crowds Are Gone has the best lyrics. Real incredible stuff. Packs emotion.

"Believe" isn't really even a ballad. It's a miniature epic. Maybe a ballad in the sense of a classic poem.

They are all good (IMHDO)
Jon Oliva is a musical genius, also (IMHDO)

James B. wrote:

Jon Oliva is a musical genius, also (IMHDO)

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I voted for All That I Bleed but I could have easily picked Alone you Breathe or When the Crowds are Gone.

We have a tie. If Kmorg were still around he would vote for Believe and break it.

I might pick "other"?
Have not made up my mind.

Big Rich wrote:

We have a tie. If Kmorg were still around he would vote for Believe and break it.

Does Kmorg still care about metal? Just asking.

Gilbert wrote:

Big Rich wrote:

We have a tie. If Kmorg were still around he would vote for Believe and break it.

Does Kmorg still care about metal? Just asking.

he never seemed like the kind of guy that would wake up one day and not like it.

Maybe he thought he was online too much and wanted to be with his family more. Who knows?

All That I Bleed, pretty easy pick!

People are all over the place in this poll! Hardly anyone agrees.